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Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India

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Reported as [2022] 14 S.C.R. 1
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Dinesh Maheshw Ari, S. Ra Vindra Bhat, Bela M. Trivedi and J.B. Pardiw Ala JJ.
Decided 7 November 2022

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Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 – Challenge to – Vide said amendment, Arts. 15 and 16 of the Constitution were amended by adding two new clauses viz., clause (6) to Art.15 with Explanation and clause (6) to Art.16; and thereby, the State was empowered, inter alia, to provide for a ma ximum of ten per cent reservation for “the economically weaker sections” (EWS) of citizens other than “the Scheduled Castes”, “the Scheduled Tribes” and the non-creamy layer of “the Other Backward Classe s” – The amendment did not mandate but enabled reservation for EWS and prescribed a

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